Ashwin Batish is an extraordinary sitarist and tabla player. He received training in the North Indian classical tradition from his father S.D. Batish and later created his own unique fusion of Indian classical sitar with pop, rock, jazz, calypso, funk... an example of a few hybrids he excels at. He is famous for such songs as the Bombay Boogie, Raga Rock, Raga Jazz, Casbah Shuffle and Sitar Mania.

Ashwin is also very well know for being an educator. His series of instructional videos for the sitar, tabla, dilruba, dholak, vichitra veena, harmonium that he has produced with his father Pandit Shiv Dayal Batish have become a very sought after commodity by the Indian music student. Ashwin often gives private and group Indian music lessons at his Santa Cruz, California USA facility and is often called upon by various music festivals and universities to perform his sitar and be a guest lecturer for weekend workshops and seminars on Indian music and ethnopop, raga rock sitar fusion.

Ashwin Batish's pioneering effort in worldbeat music called "Sitar Power" has earned him some critical reviews and great respect in the music community. The sitar is ageless in Ashwin's hands. It is souped up for amplification and effects! We hope you get to catch one of Ashwin's electric performances. His music is as dynamic as his stage presence.

After spending most of my adult life in America I have returned to my home town of Denton near Manchester to be close to my family. My mom was a singer and I followed in her footsteps. I have recorded 4 cds of both covers and originals. I have also recorded harmonies on a number of studio albums. My influences are quite varied Nat King Cole, John Martyn. Matt Monroe Everly Brothers, Bridget St John, Todd Rundgren, Loggins and Messina, Eagles, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Sting, k d Lang, David Gray, Jamie Cullum, Vienna Teng, Dougie Maclean, Martin Joseph, Birds of Chicago, Joan Armatrading, Labbi Siffre, dusty springfield, Genesis and both Phil & Peter) Bonnie Rait, Sam Cooke, Josh Groban, Elton, nick Drake, zombies

Composer, singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Dayan Kai serves up the best of many worlds with his expansive voice and phenomenal musicianship. His depth of musicality spans genre from the blues and jazz to Americana, folk, bluegrass, world, rock and reggae traditions. He has performed on all families of musical instruments: keys, strings, winds, and skins. Dayan Kai has toured in the USA, Canada, Italy and Australia as a solo artist and in collaboration with an extensive range of musicians including Keith Greeninger, Hot Club of Spokane, Bakra Bata, Harmony Grits, Juan Sanchez, and Melissa Crabtree.

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